Texas hospital tries to pull plug on comatose 12-year-old against parents’ wishes

lifesitenews.com ^ | Jan 30, 2015 | Kirsten Andersen

[donna]

Everyone who wants to keep the child in the hospital should find the money to do it.

Dig deep.

[bgill]

Hate to say it but were the parents at his bedside 24/7 when he suddenly took a turn for the worse? Do they know exactly what he was given?

[txrefugee]

Gov. Abbott ought to weigh in on this case and help the family get Joey to Houston. Where there’s life, there’s hope, and there have been cases lately of comatose patients regaining consciousness after years in a coma.

[Timber Rattler]

Hospital of Death.

[Vermont Lt]

If there is a hospital willing to take it on, get the kid to the hospital. This one doesn’t seem as clear cut as these cases “usually” do.

[goat granny]

wonder if they want to harvest his organs. The parents have the final say, not some doctor that probably graduated in the bottom of his class...

[darkangel82]

They should be arrested and sent to wherever TX sends its psychos.

[stinkerpot65]

Doctors, like cops, are all about ego, power and control.

Never take your child to a “Children’s” hospital.

[Mears]

“Never take your child to a “Children’s” hospital.”

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Ridiculous comment.

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[tennmountainman]

This is what Obamacare looks like.
Looks like this hospital has a death panel.

[Oliviaforever]

From reading the story, it is apparent that the hospital is more concerned about money than this boy’s life.

[Pollster1]

Death Panels - somehow Governor Palin got it right again.

[Rodamala]

The government-sponsored Healthcare Industrial Complex exists because of every human being ' fear of sickness, injury, pain, and death. It is predatory... and a Golden Calf where patients put their faith and trust in men like Dr. Oz ahead of God.

I have opted out. I do not care what "law" the government creates. What will be will be and I refuse to live with these health anxieties.

[I want the USA back]

When government is in full control of health care government will decide who dies and when.

[napscoordinator]

I don’t believe this story at all. First of all the hospital must have the parents fills out a TON of paperwork for the machines to be turned off. Such a BS story that I ever have seen.

[9thLife]

First do no harm, @ssholes.

[exDemMom]

In a case that echoes last year’s contentious legal battle over the fate of Jahi McMath – a 13-year-old declared legally dead by hospital and government officials despite having a heartbeat – young Joey Cronin’s fate is in the hands of hospital officials who insist that he is “brain dead,” although he showed signs of brain activity during the test they ran in a failed attempt to prove it.

There is a clear difference between this case and that of Jahi McMath. She was shown to be brain-dead--not comatose, but dead--by several physicians. As I read the description of this boy, no definite tests have been done yet. Certainly, he was alive a few days ago. Brain swelling can lead to brain death, but we don't know what is going on yet.

[Jane Long]

Agree. This kid needs (and deserves) our state’s Gov Abbott going to bat for him.

Get Joey to Houston...STAT!

[Jane Long]

Lifesitenews has a solid reputation for trustworthy stories/articles. They are one of the few outlets/organizations that appear to do their due diligence when covering a story, from what I’ve seen.